Unseen Unsustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All
Climate change has become the predominant focus of environmental discussions. However, the current discourse often suffers from “carbon myopia,” a “carbon tunnel vision,” overlooking the interconnected and equally pressing challenges that threaten the stability of our natural systems. Beyond the critical issues of biodiversity loss and freshwater depletion, a broader range of urgent threats exists, which are less visible but pose severe risks to long-term wellbeing for all (sustainability).
While there are a range of both hidden social and environmental issues, this year's theme highlights these overlooked yet urgent environmental challenges. In turn we emphasize the need for a more holistic approach to organizational decision-making, including government and corporate strategies to include all these foundational issues as hard parameters. To secure long-term wellbeing for all, it is crucial to expand our focus beyond carbon emissions and integrate these hidden risks into our organizational frameworks, ensuring that the health of all environmental systems are respected and addressed if we are to achieve a state where our collective wellbeing is assured.